What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Research Analyst position at Virginia's Community College System?
Working Title Senior Research Analyst Role Title Policy Planning Spcialst II Role Code 19132-SW FLSA Exempt Pay Band 05 Position Number 28000795 Agency Northern VA Community College Division NV280-VP Institutional Advancement Work Location Fairfax County - 059 Hiring Range Commensurate with Experience (Up to $100,000/yr max) Emergency/Essential Personnel No EEO Category B-Professional Full Time or Part Time Full Time Does this position have telework options? -Telework options are subject to change based on business needs- No Does this position have a bilingual or multilingual skill requirement or preference? Work Schedule
Monday – Friday; 8:30am – 5:00pm
Eligible for one day telework following successful completion of probationary period and approval of supervisor.
General Description
Sensitive Position No Job Description
The Senior Research Analyst will support the Office of Strategic Insights analytics and reporting activities of collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting institutional information to inform evidence-based decision-making across campuses and Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA).
Duties And Tasks
May be required to perform other duties as assigned. May be required to assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.
KSAs
KSA's/Required Qualifications
Occasional travel between campus and limited conference attendance. maybe required.
Posting Number CLS_3677P Recruitment Type General Public - G Number of Vacancies 1 Position End Date (if temporary) Job Open Date 03/18/2025 Job Close Date 03/30/2025 Open Until Filled No Agency Website www.nvcc.edu Contact Name Email Phone Number Special Instructions to Applicants
In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth’s Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly called a Certificate of Disability) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans may also apply via the AHP if they also provide an AHP Letter. To request an AHP Letter, use this link: https://www.dars.virginia.gov/drs/cpid/PWContact.aspx or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155
Additional Information
Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) is the largest public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth of Virginia and one of the largest community colleges in the nation. NOVA enrolls nearly 75,000 students on its six campuses in Alexandria, Annandale, Sterling, Manassas, Springfield, and Woodbridge, as well as through NOVA Online and high school dual enrollment programs. The College offers more than 100 affordable associate degree and certificate programs to help our students reach their academic and professional goals in some of the most in-demand careers.
At NOVA, we are deeply committed to fostering an inclusive community for all students, faculty, and staff, and our diverse workforce is representative of this commitment. To this end, we encourage all applicants seeking to add value through their diverse backgrounds, experiences, and interests to consider employment opportunities with NOVA. To learn more about NOVA’s commitment to inclusive excellence, please visit At a Glance | Northern Virginia Community College.
NOVA offers eligible employees a benefits package that includes a comprehensive health and dental insurance program, generous paid leave, deferred compensation plans, paid parental leave, state employee discounts, and a solid and secure retirement program.We strive to ensure our employees have tools and development opportunities to support and promote NOVA’s mission. For more information about NOVA and its programs and services, please visit our website at www.nvcc.edu.The security of our students, faculty, and staff is very important at NOVA. Please take a moment to review NOVA’s Annual Security Reports.
Employees must reside in Virginia, Maryland or District of Columbia
Background Check Statement Disclaimer
The selected candidate’s offer is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background investigation, which may include: fingerprint checks, local agency checks, employment verification, verification of education, credit checks (relevant to employment). Additionally, selected candidates may be required to complete the Commonwealth’s Statement of Economic Interest. For more information, please follow this link: http://ethics.dls.virginia.gov/
EEO Statement
The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, political affiliation, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or other non-merit factors.
ADA Statement
The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and complies with the Americans with Disabilities Acts (ADA and ADAAA), to provide, reasonable accommodation to applicants in need of access to the application, interviewing, and selection processes when requested.
E-Verify Statement
VCCS uses E-Verify to check employee eligibility to work in the United States. You will be required to complete an I-9 form and provide documentation of your identity for employment purposes.
Quicklink for Posting https://jobs.vccs.edu/postings/83469
Monday – Friday; 8:30am – 5:00pm
Eligible for one day telework following successful completion of probationary period and approval of supervisor.
General Description
Sensitive Position No Job Description
The Senior Research Analyst will support the Office of Strategic Insights analytics and reporting activities of collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting institutional information to inform evidence-based decision-making across campuses and Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA).
Duties And Tasks
- Main projects will require data extraction, statistical analyses, informative visualizations, and report development for a variety of institutional data used for decision-making, assessment, reporting internally, and externally to the VCCS, state (SCHEV) and federal agencies, and accreditors.
- The incumbent support research initiatives (including survey consultation and development), produce clear project objectives and research questions.
- Work with faculty and staff across NOVA to collect and refine data, automating procedures for ongoing data management.
- Produce descriptive analyses through graphical, dashboarding, and written analytics.
May be required to perform other duties as assigned. May be required to assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.
KSAs
KSA's/Required Qualifications
- Strong analytic and computer skills.
- A curious mind and passion for problem-solving
- Ability to clean and wrangle data in a variety of formats and structures to prepare for analysis.
- Ability to provide basic descriptive and statistical analysis of quantitative data, including identification of meaningful trends.
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including the use of formulas and PivotTables.
- Skill in presenting data and communicating insights to diverse, non-technical audiences.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Basic knowledge of, or the ability to learn, how to gather and interpret information from a variety of labor market data sources, including datasets from the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics, as well as proprietary data tools and job posting aggregators such as Emsi Analyst, JobsEQ, etc.
- Ability to develop and manage strong working relationships with a range of stakeholders, including students, staff, faculty members, and community/employer partners.
- Ability to present comfortably in front of small and large groups.
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively.
- Must be comfortable asking for, accepting, and providing constructive feedback.
- Thorough attention to detail.
- Ability to simultaneously execute and deliver on multiple projects.
- Knowledge of the issues of higher education and university administration is preferred.
- Knowledge of predictive modeling.
- Experience with managing and retrieving information from large relational databases (i.e., PeopleSoft);
- Experience in Microsoft Office including MS Excel including advanced features (e.g., pivot tables, formulas, graphics), as well as Word and PowerPoint
- Experience with SQL, querying, ETL processing
- Experience with survey development and survey design platforms (i.e., Qualtrics).
- Experience with data visualization tools, such as, Tableau, Power BI, etc.
- Working experience of R, SAS, or another statistical software or programming language is a plus.
- Prior experience working with higher education and/or labor market data.
- Experience in inferential statistical techniques (e.g., t-tests, chi-square, regression analysis), research methodology, sampling and research design, data analysis, interpretation of results, and presentation of results through various methods and tools.
Occasional travel between campus and limited conference attendance. maybe required.
Posting Number CLS_3677P Recruitment Type General Public - G Number of Vacancies 1 Position End Date (if temporary) Job Open Date 03/18/2025 Job Close Date 03/30/2025 Open Until Filled No Agency Website www.nvcc.edu Contact Name Email Phone Number Special Instructions to Applicants
In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth’s Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly called a Certificate of Disability) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans may also apply via the AHP if they also provide an AHP Letter. To request an AHP Letter, use this link: https://www.dars.virginia.gov/drs/cpid/PWContact.aspx or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155
Additional Information
Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) is the largest public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth of Virginia and one of the largest community colleges in the nation. NOVA enrolls nearly 75,000 students on its six campuses in Alexandria, Annandale, Sterling, Manassas, Springfield, and Woodbridge, as well as through NOVA Online and high school dual enrollment programs. The College offers more than 100 affordable associate degree and certificate programs to help our students reach their academic and professional goals in some of the most in-demand careers.
At NOVA, we are deeply committed to fostering an inclusive community for all students, faculty, and staff, and our diverse workforce is representative of this commitment. To this end, we encourage all applicants seeking to add value through their diverse backgrounds, experiences, and interests to consider employment opportunities with NOVA. To learn more about NOVA’s commitment to inclusive excellence, please visit At a Glance | Northern Virginia Community College.
NOVA offers eligible employees a benefits package that includes a comprehensive health and dental insurance program, generous paid leave, deferred compensation plans, paid parental leave, state employee discounts, and a solid and secure retirement program.We strive to ensure our employees have tools and development opportunities to support and promote NOVA’s mission. For more information about NOVA and its programs and services, please visit our website at www.nvcc.edu.The security of our students, faculty, and staff is very important at NOVA. Please take a moment to review NOVA’s Annual Security Reports.
Employees must reside in Virginia, Maryland or District of Columbia
Background Check Statement Disclaimer
The selected candidate’s offer is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background investigation, which may include: fingerprint checks, local agency checks, employment verification, verification of education, credit checks (relevant to employment). Additionally, selected candidates may be required to complete the Commonwealth’s Statement of Economic Interest. For more information, please follow this link: http://ethics.dls.virginia.gov/
EEO Statement
The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, political affiliation, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or other non-merit factors.
ADA Statement
The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and complies with the Americans with Disabilities Acts (ADA and ADAAA), to provide, reasonable accommodation to applicants in need of access to the application, interviewing, and selection processes when requested.
E-Verify Statement
VCCS uses E-Verify to check employee eligibility to work in the United States. You will be required to complete an I-9 form and provide documentation of your identity for employment purposes.
Quicklink for Posting https://jobs.vccs.edu/postings/83469
Salary : $100,000
